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<blockquote data-quote="Greg K" data-source="post: 2059593" data-attributes="member: 5038">Sorry, I don't necessarily agree with this.&nbsp; WOTC has a distinct advantage over third party publishers&nbsp; in that WOTC can leverage its name and resources to sell more d20 products.&nbsp;&nbsp; Sales, however,&nbsp; do not necessarily reflect&nbsp; better design over third party publishers.&nbsp; &nbsp;First, WOTC created d20 and this brings with it a&nbsp; large number of die hard loyalists who will&nbsp; never even look at, let alone purchase a third party product, because third party rules are not &quot;official&quot;.&nbsp; Second, WOTC, whether it is by name or association with Hasbro, can get their products into outlets that will not carry third party d20 products.&nbsp; Therefore, a d20 player without internet access or a local game store may never see a third party product. Third, assuming that a consumer both has access to&nbsp; third party DND or d20 Modern and is willing to look at said products does not mean that the consumer is going to buy the third party product- even if they feel it is superior to WOTC products.&nbsp; The consumer may go with the WOTC product perceiving it be a product to be more likely accepted at more gaming tables due to its being produced by WOTC.None of the above reflect better product design on the part of WOTC, but rather WOTC's dominance of d20 by being the official source for DND and D20 Modern.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Greg K, post: 2059593, member: 5038"] Sorry, I don't necessarily agree with this. WOTC has a distinct advantage over third party publishers in that WOTC can leverage its name and resources to sell more d20 products. Sales, however, do not necessarily reflect better design over third party publishers. First, WOTC created d20 and this brings with it a large number of die hard loyalists who will never even look at, let alone purchase a third party product, because third party rules are not "official". Second, WOTC, whether it is by name or association with Hasbro, can get their products into outlets that will not carry third party d20 products. Therefore, a d20 player without internet access or a local game store may never see a third party product. Third, assuming that a consumer both has access to third party DND or d20 Modern and is willing to look at said products does not mean that the consumer is going to buy the third party product- even if they feel it is superior to WOTC products. The consumer may go with the WOTC product perceiving it be a product to be more likely accepted at more gaming tables due to its being produced by WOTC. None of the above reflect better product design on the part of WOTC, but rather WOTC's dominance of d20 by being the official source for DND and D20 Modern. [/QUOTE]

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